CAPE TOWN – Bishop Lavis police is hard at work probing a shooting incident where a two year old child died after he and his father came under fire last night in Bonteheuwel. Reports at the disposal of police indicate that a 31 year old man was walking from a

EASTERN CAPE – Msobomvu police arrested a 24-year old man for alleged murder of his sister aged 28. It is alleged that the deceased was a disabled person and she was staying with another woman who was employed to look after her. The guardian left the 28-year old woman to

Strides and zeal by members to fight crime continue to bear fruit in the Nyanga Cluster policing precinct This morning at about 09:30 a teenager (15) was arrested shortly after he and two accomplices hijacked an e-hailing driver in Bristol Road in Browns Farm. The driver was responding to a

WESTERN CAPE – The Winelands Cluster Crime Prevention Units held various operations within the cluster on 02 June 2020. As a result of effective team work, various suspects were arrested for the illegal possession of firearms and ammunition and dealing in drugs. In Paarl East, stop- and- searches were conducted

PRETORIA – During a predawn operation this morning eight (8) members, a former Lieutenant General of the South African Police Service and six private citizens were arrested on Warrants of Arrest issued on multiple charges including Fraud, Corruption, Theft and Money Laundering. The National Commissioner of Police, General Khehla John

EASTERN CAPE – A 63-year-old man was shot and killed at his home at Mission locality Mqekezweni A/A in Bityi last night at about 20h30. It is alleged that the deceased and his wife heard gunshots outside and afterwards they noticed bullets entering through the window of their room. Afterwards

EASTERN CAPE – Getting to know the community you serve is important for any police officer especially when law abiding citizens are targeted by criminal elements within the community. On Wednesday, 03 June 2020 SAPS Walmer Crime Prevention members arrested two suspects allegedly involved in two house robbery cases during

DURBAN – The Zululand Stock Theft Unit embarked on an operation in the Zululand cluster searching for suspects involved in the theft of stock. The operation was carried out on 2 June at 08:00 until 3 June 2020 at 04:00, focussing on areas such as Kwankungu, Hlobane and Paulpietersburg. The

NORTH WEST – Gerhardus Janse Van Vuuren (42), Christiaan Janse Van Vuuren (35), Ellton Mostert (40) and Mario Mulanga (40) appeared before the Stilfontein Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday, 03 June 2020, in connection with alleged stolen Transnet railway tracks worth approximately R8 million. The railway tracks were reported stolen from

The wife of former Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane, who was charged with killing her husband’s first wife, is back in prison after a judge revoked her bail last week, pending a June 16 hearing. Maesaiah Thabane was taken into custody Wednesday. She was initially charged in February for her

POLOKWANE – The Acting Provincial Commissioner of the South African Police Service in Limpopo, Major General Jan Petrus Scheepers, has highly commended members of Crime Intelligence and the Tactical Response Team (TRT) Unit, for successfully foiling an Armed Robbery that was to take place yesterday 03 June 2020, at the

PRETORIA – In August 2018‚ a report by Public Protector, Busisiwe Mkhwebane accused the Minister of Police, General Bheki Cele, of gross negligence, improper conduct and maladministration. This, for what she termed ‘failure’ by Minister Cele and the South African Police Service, to protect the lives of two whistleblowers from